Birth Name: Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko
Date of Birth: September 24, 1911
Place of Birth: Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Russia)
Date of Death: 10 March 1985
Place of Death: Moscow, Russian SFSR (present-day Russia)
Ethnicity: Ukrainian, Russian
Konstantin Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985. Chernenko was also Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 11 April 1984 until his death. His father, Ustin Demidovich Chernenko, was of Ukrainian descent. He was married to Faina Vassilyevna and Anna Dmitrevna Lyubimova.
Konstantin’s paternal grandfather was Demid Chernenko.